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Alan Gilbert Extends Contract with Royal Swedish Opera

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Conductor Alan Gilbert has renewed his contract as Music Director of the Royal Swedish Opera (RSO) until the end of 2029, with possibility of further extension. The conductor began his tenure with the company in 2021, and was named Royal Court Kapellmeister by the King of Sweden a year later. In a statement regarding his extension Gilbert said, “Sweden is {…}

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Deborah Warner Appointed Artistic Director of Park Avenue Armory

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Park Avenue Armory has announced the appointment of Deborah Warner as its Anita K. Hersh Artistic Director. Warner is a well-pknown director in theater, opera, and unexpected stagings for more than four decades. She launched her career in 1980 when she founded the Kick Theatre Company, staging works by Shakespeare, Brecht, and Büchner, which forged her reputation as a powerful {…}

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Tamara Mumford Joins Fletcher Artist Management

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(Credit: Fay Fox) Mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford has joined Fletcher Artist Management.  Mumford is a graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and has sung at the Met in multiple productions including “Anna Bolena,” “Rigoletto,” “Ariadne auf Naxos,” “Wozzeck,” “The Magic Flute,” and Wagner’s complete Ring Cycle, which have all been included in The Met: LIVE in HD {…}

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Teatro La Fenice Workers Denied Public Statement During Opening Night of ‘La Clemenza di Tito’

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The Teatro La Fenice’s management has denied the theater’s workers’ representatives an opportunity to read a brief statement before the inauguration of the 2025-26 season on Nov. 20. The La Fenice Theatre Union informed the public and the press in a statement and called the action “another sign of an increasingly closed, authoritarian management structure impervious to dialogue.” The union {…}

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Canadian Opera Company Announces Growth in 2024-25 Season

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The Canadian Opera Company has announced that the 2024-25 season saw more new audiences looking to experience live opera through the COC’s exciting lineup of newly commissioned opera and brand new-to-Toronto productions. The company also noted that the community-rooted work to broaden opera awareness and accessibility has also been seeing notable gains. In a statement, COC General Director David Ferguson {…}

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Audience Members Protest Teatro La Fenice’s New Music Director

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The Teatro La Fenice was protested following a concert on Oct. 31, as audience members threw leaflets throughout the theater. The protest was due to the lack of transparency in the selection of the company’s new Music Director. This is the second time this has happened at the theater since the selection of Beatrice Venezi as the Music Director. The {…}

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William Kentridge’s ‘Sibyl’ Set for New York Premiere at Powerhouse: International in Brooklyn

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William Kentridge’s “Sibyl,” a two-part multimedia production is set to make its New York premiere at POWERHOUSE: INTERNATIONAL on Oct. 8–11, 2025. The work features music composed and conceived by Nhlanhla Mahlangu and Kyle Shepherd, and will be presented at Powerhouse Arts in Gowanus Brooklyn. “Sibyl” unfolds in two parts: “The Moment Has Gone,” a film accompanied by Shepherd’s live {…}